Category: Black Politics

Bill Clark/ZUMA Sen. Al Franken on Thursday issued a fiery letter demanding answers from US Attorney General Jeff Sessions, amid reports Sessions emphatically rejected a proposal in March 2016 from former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos to set up a meeting between Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. “This newest revelation strongly suggests that the Senate—and…

The Republican tax plan caps the mortgage interest deduction at $500,000. The Washington Post today has a lovely chart showing which states this hits most heavily: Blue states are footing nearly the entire bill for this. But maybe it’s just a coincidence. I decided to try my hand at a couple of more charts. Here’s…

US military guards at the Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base in Cuba.AP Photo/Brennan Linsley Following Tuesday’s terror attack in Lower Manhattan, President Donald Trump suggested that he might send the suspect, Sayfullo Saipov, to the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, where the US has been holding alleged terrorists indefinitely, often without charges, for the…

I know I shouldn’t bother with this, but—oh hell, I’m just a weak man. Here is our president today: Would love to send the NYC terrorist to Guantanamo but statistically that process takes much longer than going through the Federal system… — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2017 …There is also something appropriate about…

A farmer shows his dicamba-damaged soybean plant in Arkansas.Andrew DeMillo/AP About 4 percent of all soybean crops planted in the United States have been damaged by a weed killer this year, the New York Times has reported. On Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that more than 3.6 million acres of soybean crops had been…

(AP Photo/John Minchillo) The Trump administration is violating federal law by refusing provide Congress with key information about the president’s Washington, DC, hotel, a group of Democratic lawmakers alleged in a lawsuit filed Thursday. Since Inauguration Day, the administration has been stonewalling congressional watchdogs, refusing to turn over details about the operations of the Trump…